Yang ZHANG
Professor
yangzhang@nju.edu.cn
Office: B410
http://eddy.nju.edu.cn/yzhang/
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4102-2671
Education
| 2009.9 | Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2003.6 | B.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University |
Employment
| Nov. 2018-present | School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Head of the Department of Meteorology |
| Jul. 2017-present | School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Professor |
| Dec. 2011-Jul.2017 | School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Associate Professor |
| Nov. 2009-Dec.2011 | School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Assistant Professor |
Research Interests
Climate dynamics
General circulations of the atmosphere
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate course:
“General Circulation of the Atmosphere”, Nanjing University, Fall 2010-2018
“Scientific English in Atmospheric Sciences”, Nanjing University, Summer 2014-2015
“Fluid Mechanics”, Nanjing University, Spring 2015-2016
“Geophysical Fluid Dynamics”, Nanjing University, Fall 2017-2018
Graduate course:
“General Circulation of the Atmosphere”, Nanjing University, Fall 2012-2018
Selected Publications
| 1. | Zhang, Y.*, Zou, T., and Xue, Y., 2019: An Arctic‐Tibetan connection on subseasonal to seasonal time scale. Geophys. Res. Let., 46, 2790– 2799. (AGU top downloaded paper in 2018-2019） |
| 2. | Gu, S., Zhang, Y*., Wu, Q., and Yang, X.‐Q., 2018: The linkage between Arctic sea ice and midlatitude weather: in the perspective of energy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123:20, 11,536-11,550. (AGU top downloaded paper in 2018-2019） |
| 3. | Xiao, Bei, Yang Zhang*, Xiu-Qun Yang and Yu Nie, 2016: On the role of extratropical air-sea interaction in the persistence of the Southern Annular Mode. Geophy. Res. Let., 43, 8806-8814, doi:10.1002/2016GL070255.（GRL editor's highlight，AGU Research Spotlight） |
| 4. | Nie, Yu, Yang Zhang*, Gang Chen, and Xiu-Qun Yang, 2016: Delineating barotropic and baroclinic mechanisms in the midlatitude eddy-driven jet response to the lower tropospheric thermal forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 429-448. |
| 5. | Nie, Y. , Y. Zhang*, G. Chen, X. Yang and D.A. Burrows, 2014: Quantifying barotropic and baroclinic eddy feedbacks in the persistence of the Southern Annular Mode, Geophys. Res. Let., 41, 8636-8644. |
| 6. | Nie Y. , Y. Zhang*, X. Yang, and G. Chen, 2013: Baroclinic anomalies associated with Southern Annular Mode: roles of synoptic and low-frequency eddies. Geophy. Res. Let.，40, 2361–2366. |
| 7. | Zhang, Y.*, X. Yang, Y. Nie, and G. Chen, 2012: Annular-mode-like variation in a multi-layer QG model. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2940-2958. |
| 8. | Zhang, Y.* and P. Stone, 2011: Baroclinic adjustment in an atmosphere–ocean thermally coupled model: the role of the boundary layer processes. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2710-2730. |
| 9. | Zhang, Y.* and P. Stone, 2010: Baroclinic eddy equilibration under specified seasonal forcing. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 2632-2648. |
| 10. | Zhang, Y.*, P. Stone, and A. Solomon, 2009: The role of boundary layer processes in limiting PV homogenization. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1612-1632. |
Awards, Honors, Positions and Services
Associate editor of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Associate editor of Journal of Climate
Co-editor of Weather and Climate Dynamics